Hal Collums Construction-New Orleans Renovation ContractorLeah

Uptown New Orleans Cottage Renovation

Leah — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:45:38 +0000

In 2008, Hal Collums Construction completed a full renovation of a beautiful uptown cottage. The house, which was originally built in 1887, had been remodeled previously and had lost some of its original character. But thanks to a beautiful design, developed by Daniel Zangara at Peter Trapolin Architects, and innovative decoration by the owners, it turned out to be one of the most gorgeous homes we have ever worked on.

This house was featured in The Times Picayune’s Inside Out section last week. Check it out and you will be amazed by the transformation:

Hal Collums renovation in the Times Picayune

Thank you to Central City Millworks who completed all of the new millwork in the house.

Before...

...After!

Renovation of a New Orleans cottage.

Bathroom renovation

Greek Revival Renovation

Leah — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:37:22 +0000

Hal Collums Construction has recently completed a restoration of a beautiful historic home on St Charles Ave. The house which was built in 1861 is a great example of the Greek Revival style. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and even has a name – The Walker House.

Leah Glade - Project Manager

Working on a property of historic significance is always exciting for us, but it does present its own set of unique challenges. We must work closely with the architect and the Historic District Landmarks Commission (HDLC) to ensure that any changes made and any details added are true to the history of the house. Every detail, both interior and exterior, is important. For example, on this job we went through an extensive design process to ensure that the newly milled interior doors matched the original doors. The panels, casings, mullions, stiles and rails all were examined to make sure to be completely true to the originals.

We are very proud of this job and plan on posting additional blogs about it in the near future. In the meantime, please enjoy the following photos of a great New Orleans renovation.

Renovation of a grand New Orleans house

All marble bathroom

Completed double parlor

New Orleans stairwell

Open kitchen area

Christmas Party!

Leah — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:08:14 +0000

Watching the slideshows

Today we had our annual Hal Collums Construction and Central City Millworks Christmas Party and it was more fun this year than ever.

We started off with lunch catered by Felipe’s – which is a favorite spot among our staff. Once we ate all of the Quesadillas we could we moved on to the entertainment.

We had a slideshow of pictures from all of the events of the past year as well as some amusing online videos from the website JibJab.com featuring the whole staff. Next came the part everyone was anxiously waiting for – Secret Santa!

Bryon Cornelison opening his Secret Santa gift

Our staff has a great time planning their surprise gifts for everyone. The weeks of sneaking around – hiding little treats here and there and trying to figure out who is your Santa are really fun. So finally at the party all was revealed.

We also received company sweatshirts with our names embroidered on the front. Now we can stay cozy warm in the winter while showing off our HCC/CCM pride!

After the office party we had a mill shop party for all the employees. There was pizza, music and of course presents! Everyone had a great time and now Christmas has really begun!

Hal Collums is presented with the Boss of the Century Award

The staff modeling the new sweatshirts

When it Rains…

Leah — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:46:00 +0000

Whew! We sure have been having a lot of rain down here! Whenever a big downpour comes through it always gets me thinking…”I hope none of the job sites are leaking!” So I spend most of the day after a rainstorm driving from job to job inspecting every window casing, door threshold, and roof for any sign of water intrusion. Many of the houses we work on are old homes that don’t necessarily have the modern waterproofing that you find in a newly built house. When we have a storm like we did this past Saturday night, where the winds are strong and the volume of water is high, you will often find small leaks in areas that never had any leaking before. In that way, it is a good whole house water test.

Source - Times Picayune

Part of our focus at Hal Collums Construction is to provide our customers with quality service and a quality renovation. So, while it is easy to ignore a small leak that occurs during a major storm and pass it off as a one time thing, we do not treat it that way. We investigate every problem, no matter how small, and find ways to fix it.

-Leah Collums Glade